Despicable Me 2

During her five seasons on "Saturday Night Live," comedic actress Nasim Pedrad made a name for herself skewering celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, Arianna Huffington, Nicki Minaj and even Aziz Ansari (the latter, at least, in an unaired clip you can watch below).

Pedrad, 32, has since departed the show to co-star in the new Fox sitcom "Mulaney" opposite stand-up comic and former "SNL" writer John Mulaney. But she could be poised to follow the path of other "SNL" alums who have parlayed sitcom success into big-screen opportunities, such as Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Andy Samberg and Ansari.

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